Retina: Nonlinearities/mechanisms

Readings:

Kim KJ, Rieke F (2001) Temporal contrast adaptation in the input and output signals of salamander retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci 21:287-99.pdf

Baccus SA, Meister M (2002). Fast and slow contrast adaptation in retinal circuitry. Neuron 36:909-19.pdf

Kim KJ, Rieke F (2003). Slow Na+ inactivation and variance adaptation in salamander retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci 23:1506-16.pdf

Zaghloul KA, Boahen K, Demb JB (2005). Contrast adaptation in subthreshold and spiking responses of mammalian Y-type retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neuroscience 25:860-868.pdf

Manookin MB, Demb JB (2006). Presynaptic mechanism for slow contrast adaptation in mammalian retinal ganglion cells. Neuron, 50, 453-464.pdf

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